Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-11-17
REDS vow VENGEANCE.
They Show Their Teeth savageIy at
The Anarchists Funeral.


English malefactors would have been, with
hole In prison corridor for a grave, and
load OF quick lime for its bed Laid to rest
IN beautiful garden of the dead, beneath
a mountaia Of fragrant flowers, amid the mu-
sic Of bands, so.emn chants and passionate
oratory, and the letters Of thousands. Scarce
less honors could have been paid the hero
or patriot than were showed by their synpa-
thizers upon the caskets that contained the
mortal remains of Spies. Parsons. Fnpel
Fischer and Lingg. Sober, thoughtful men.
who saw the great outpouring Of people who
were confronted with the red emblems Of the
Commune at every turn, who listened 10 the
strains OF "The Marseillaise,n asked each
other what it signihed. 1t was not a riotous
crowd, neither was it ugly, but it had that
threatening aspect which characterizes the
stiffness before the storm. Though fully
hundred thousand souls were upon the thor
oughfare, there was no disposition toward
violence, nor was there sign of levity. There
was dogged deter mined look upon nearly
every face.
RED THE RULING COLOR.
At least five out of every ten displayed the
colors Of the Commune in one form or another.
Some of the men had red bows or badges pin
he'd upon their breasts and ribbons in their
buttonholes: others wore red neckties or dis
played the ends of red handkerchiefs from
the breast pockets of their coats Thousands
bad heavy Grape upon their hats or armlets
Of the same material; many more wore
badges of the French tri-color Red, too, was
the prevailing color with the women The
trimmings in their hats were red; ribbons of
red were around their throats rosettes of red,
some of them as big as sunfowers, were upon
their breasts or pinned to their shoulders.
While the saloons in the neighborhood were
doing poor trade, the dry goods houses that
had opened their doors were literally beseiged
with customers, and women crowded and tore
in their eagerness to get something of the
popular color. 1t mattered not whether it was
satin, silk, flannel or cotton, so long as it was
red.
that the Mayor had inhibited the proposed
lying in State of the remains of August Spies
at Aurora Turner Hall. As it was, there
were loud lamentations when Spi s,body was
brought forth and there were many curses
upon the police, but the officers expected
this and could not be moved toany angry re-
| tort.
The procession started according 10 pro-
gram. taking up the bodies of the dead men
in the order in which the residences were
passed The relatives rode behind the hearses
of each. Mrs Parsons was crazy with grief
before her husbands body was taken from
the house and was quieted with difficulty.
The procession, as viewed from the Lake
street bridge, comprised some 10000 people.
| At the head was the defense committee on
foot, followed by members Of the aurora
Turn Verein, Information Turn Verein
West Twelfth Street Social Turn
Vereir, vorw@rt Turn Verein and Turner's,
from Pullman and Kensington Then came
the hearse with the remains of August Spies.
Behind were the carriages containing friends
and relatives and /, 800 members of the various
organizations affiliated with the Central Labor
Union and delegation from Typographical
Union No. Q. Next followed the Fischer hearse,
escorted by delegations from two lodges of the
German Typographical Union, the Socialist
M@nnerchor and three other Socialist societies
of which the dead man was member. There
was slight gap, and then, with slow and
solemn tread, came delegation from the
famous old local Assembly 1907 Knights of
Labor as special escort to the body of Par
sons. In the rear of the hearse and immedi-
ately after the carriages containing the wife
and children and friends marched severa
hundred members Of the assembly, and an
other contigent of Central Labor Unior
organizations, the Painters Union furnishing
the largest representation. The Engel divis
ion included large delegation from the Car
penters' Union, all wearing red emblems
Around the hearse a scarlet banner was fast
ened, and on its top there rested a wreath o.
bright red roses. The hearse with the re
mains of suicide Lingg was the last in line
and in the first carriage that followed it sal
his sweetheart, Eda Friedel.
Waldheim Cemetery, where the final scent
took place, is about eight miles from Chica
go, almost under the shadows of the Alten
helm, or German Old Peoples Home.
Each casket was borne from the depot upol
TIE shoulders of eight men and the procession
was headed by four women in deep mourn
ing upon whose shoulders rested an i'm
mems, floral crown, with smaller one o
Grape in the interior. The coffins were place.
upon platform that had been erected imme
diately in front of the receiving vault ant
the $1,000 spectators gathered around.
Captain Black then pronounced eulog,
upon the dead dynamiters, prai ing them ii
the highest terms.
A BLooDTHRsTY GRAFTON.
The m@nnerchor sang a funeral hymn AM
the Robert Reitzsl, editor of "Der Arm
Teufel, Ghe Poor Devil, OF Detroit, steppe
to the front of the five collins He spoke il
German. Loud was his vo ce and excite
his manner. This is what he said: 81 cam
! with the intention to make a terrible accuse
} ton. Not an accusation against the horde Q
church -goers, who in their self-righteousnes
to-day rejoice in loud tones that the five me
whose remains we consign to the dust ar
dead; not against the hangman Of tn
country, who is called Sheriff by the brute
in human disguise, who clamor for the lif